Pitfall Trap
Instant — Trap
If exactly one creature is attacking, you may pay 
rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Destroy target attacking creature without flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2017
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #25764
Pitfall Trap kills an attacking creature with flying for W at instant speed — and if an opponent attacked with two or more flying creatures this turn, it costs nothing. A conditional free spell is still a free spell, and in any format where token fliers and combat-heavy decks exist, the condition is easy to meet.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Pitfall Trap is a role-player in white decks that need cheap interaction against fliers — dragons, sphinxes, and angel tokens all trigger the free-cast condition reliably in a four-player game. In Pauper, where the format is defined by cheap efficient creatures, the trap sees occasional sideboard use against Faeries and other blue flying strategies. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a sorcery-speed-or-worse conditional removal spell to matter, and Pioneer and Standard don't apply. Pitfall Trap is a format-specific tool, not a universal staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Pitfall Trap is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. That price is stable because demand is narrow, but if you need a free-on-condition removal spell for a white Commander build on a shoestring budget, there's no cheaper way to get it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.